Patreon Preview 304. How Leftist Groups Get the Blowback for Right-Wing Extremism

Published: Dec. 16, 2023, 10:26 p.m.

b'With Cop City as a case study, we draw together two recent articles \\u2014 one on the historical connection between right-wing racism, environmental groups, and ecoterrorist actions, and one on how the massive expansion of RICO laws to target (and fabricate) conspiracies of all kinds has become a key tool of prosecutorial power \\u2014 to explore how the actions of right-wing groups precipitate the creation of stronger, tougher laws which then get used to further suppress left-wing movements. \\n\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 The War on Ecoterror https://www.thedriftmag.com/the-war-on-ecoterror/\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 An Offer You Can\\u2019t Refuse https://www.thedriftmag.com/an-offer-you-cant-refuse/ \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)'